Conference paper 2025

INTEGRATION OF EDUCATION AIMED AT DEVELOPING THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF THE STUDENT REFLECTING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

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Abstract

The paper points to future trends in skills needed for individuals in order to successfully find employment in the labor market among competitors. The aim of the paper is to give, if possible, an overview of the basic development areas of education, which have been published by experts in important studies and surveys published so far and which can facilitate the entry of graduates into the labor market. The skills and abilities of students needed for practice help develop activities such as graduate internships and team projects organized in cooperation between universities and businesses. The basics of project and process management give students valuable experience and skills to practice within a safe academic space what they will use in their future lives. Working on projects requires teamwork, analytical thinking and a sense of innovation, a comprehensive assessment of the issue, analysis and critical thinking, creativity and originality, knowledge of the use of technology, reasoning, problem-solving and imagination, as well as resilience, stress tolerance and flexibility, empathy. These are all qualities that employers require from employees not only today, but also in the foreseeable future. © 2025 The Author(s).

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Author Keywords

soft skills education Hard skills teamwork Project management graduate practice

Index Keywords

Employment Human resource management Occupational risks Students Problem solving Commerce Project management Soft skills Labour market teamwork Analytical thinking Future trends Industrial relations Comprehensive assessment Graduate practice Hard skill Process management Team projects
Author Affiliations
Institute of Management, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
Funding & Acknowledgements
Kultúrna a Edukacná Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR, KEGA
Grant: 028STU-4/2025
The paper was written as part of the grant task KEGA Project No. 028STU-4/2025, Attributes of the integration of education at universities aimed at the development of knowledge and skills of a technically oriented student reflecting the requirements of the 21st century.
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